Chapter 49: Arc III Chapter 15

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Arc III Chapter 15

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Aurora watched the spectacle. The demon flailed in desperation, lashed around in an uncontrolled state of frenzy. He smashed his sharpened claws again, and again, and again, and again, and again against her barrier. Each hit proved a failure. Each successive attack proved ineffectual.  

 

Her shield stood firm in the face of his futile endeavours. No ground was given, as even the smallest cracks reformed in an instant.

 

“Grmrmrmrmrhmmmr!!!“ The demon roared in frustration. The creature realised that the tides of battle were turning against him. His initial advantage was slipping.

 

“Pathetic. Pitiful. “ Aurora smirked in open mockery, hardly taking the fight as seriously as caution and diligence would deem necessary, but who cares. Life was short. “Your lacklustre efforts dismay me. A great demon unable to hurt a little girl ... What a disappointment.“

 

The demon fumed, close to the point of total rage induced insanity. Madness befell him. “DON'T UNDERESTIMATE ME!!!“

 

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“Hehehe ... Hahahaha ... Hehe ... Hahahahaha ... Hehehehe ... Hahahaha ... Hehehehe ... Hahahaha ...“ Aurora's maniac laughter filled the venerable hall of ancient Valentia, a lughter growing stronger and stronger. It was the laughter of a girl that had seen the apex of power before. “Hahahaha, you words amuse me. Does your arrogance know no limits? Don't you see, in order to underestimate you, I would need to estimate you to begin w ...“

 

An explosion followed. A thick cloak of dust clouded the ruins.

 

The demon unleashed a beam of mana, a stream of concentrated fire, from point-blank. Not that it mattered.

 

Her shield stood, suffering only negligible damage. Plates and layers of mana regenerated and rehardened.

 

Another attack. Another beam. More dust.

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Her shield regenerated.

 

Another attack. Another beam. Yet more dust.

 

Her shield regenerated.

 

Another attack. Another beam. Even more dust.

 

Her shield regenerated.

 

Aurora tilted her head. Her condescending, patronising giggle broke the silence. “Are we finished?“

 

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“...“ The demon didn't answer. For the first time, the creature chose silence over verbosity. Probably a side effect of acute mana fatigue. His irrational frenzy demanded a price. The demon overused his reserves, depleting too much of his mana too quickly.

 

“I guess so. You know, you might have posed a threat a millennium ago, but not anymore. Certainly not in your current state and form.“

 

Aurora raised her hand and snapped her fingers. A magic circle manifested behind her petite figure, glowing purple, the colour of her pride and strength. “Time to end this farce. You have already decisively overstayed your welcome.“

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Her spell activated. A vibrating pulse of darkness shot through the halls and the enemy took the brunt of the blast close range, catapulting the creature straight into the nearest wall.

 

More destruction. More rubble. More debris.

 

“Grmmrmrmgmgmg!!!“ Yet the enemy rose again. His glare sharp and his eyes focused.

 

Aurora beamed. “Stubborn, aren't we? Your kind appears to be made from sterner stuff.“

 

Aurora commanded her mana. Her magic answered her call. An endless cascade of magic circles appeared, extending towards the ceiling and took up her entire side, all shaded in a deep menacing purple. The circles adjusted their aim and collectively locked onto the demon.  

 

Elimination. Extermination. Eradication. The demon shall not be suffered to live.

 

Kakos' gaze fell on the mysterious girl as he stared into the abyss, Her innocent smile exuded a sense of lingering danger. A smile ice-cold and inhuman, shrouded in darkness.

 

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For the first time, he felt an emotion unknown, fear. Kakos never understood the human concept of fear, a pesky emotion belonging to the weak. He understood thirst. He knew pain. He understood hunger. He understood hatred. He didn't understand fear. He thought.

 

Every fibre of his being was shivering, shaking, trembling in existential dread.

 

This was fear ... This was the emotion of the weak ... He loathed it. He wouldn't back down.

 

Kakos snarled. “Bring it on!“

 

“Defiant to the last breath ... ... ... Not that it matters ...“

 

Her bombardment commenced, unleashing an incessant storm of fire and fury, a symphony of demise shredding everything in its way and levelling even the hardest stone. He was meant to be cleansed from the face of the earth.

 

Purple arrows pierced his torso, his thorax, his legs, his arms like spears, drilling into his flesh, digging deeper and deeper through burnt skin, muscles, sinews, bone.

 

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Yet Kakos persisted through the sheer strength of willpower, despite his mutilated corpse, despite joining the living dead.

 

Was this the end? No, not by a long shot. Not as long as his flame was not yet extinguished.

 

Kakos mobilised his strength and raised his disfigured body. Bested by a feeble ... human ... Impossible! He was a daemon! He was Kakos! He was the beginning and the end! He was ...

 

A lone purple arrow split his cranium. Bone splintered and the rusty red of blood was sprinkled across the floor. Stone was stained red and a lifeless corpse hit the ground.

 

“... I told you so.“ Aurora caressed her precious doll. The fight was over.

 

Kakos was no more. After a life of battle, after a millennium of captivity, the creature named Kakos ceased to be, his existence forever erased from the annals of history.  

 

His corpse was already decomposing, dissolving into a fine mist of mana. Nothing would remain. Such was the fate of daemons. Born from nothingness and wicked arts of man, his essence returned to nothingness and the poor souls of thousands would finally find peace.

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